And while eyebrows were raised, many shrugged it off as 'Geri being Geri'. 'Mel is lovely, she's kind, and she would do anything for Geri, yet Geri couldn't just wear a different colour for the day. It's in stark contrast to her brash Spice Girls days when she famously wore a Union Jack minidress during a performance at the 1997 Brit Awards. Geri is mortified when some elements of her Spice Girls days come back to haunt her,' says a source. Group portrait of the British pop group The Spice Girls at the MTV Video Music Awards, Radio City Music Hall.